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10021LibreOffice Hackfest at Hamburghttps://erack.org/blog/archives/65-LibreOffice-Hackfest-at-Hamburg.html
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<p> Thanks to <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=160&amp;entry_id=65" title="https://libreoffice.cib.de/" onmouseover="window.status='https://libreoffice.cib.de/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">CIB</a>, who sponsored the
event with their office location, drinks and food, we again had a <span title="The Free Office Suite, try it, love it, share it. Fantastic Project. Fun People." class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">LibreOffice</span>
Hackfest at Hamburg on Saturday/Sunday October 24/25, and a get-together on
Friday evening with the opportunity to meet also some long time colleagues
from Sun and Star. </p>
<p> My timeline:
<ul>
<li> followed a nice introduction to the help authoring extension held by
Regina Henschel, for how to install and use it see the <a
href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpLmRvY3VtZW50Zm91bmRhdGlvbi5vcmcvRG9jdW1lbnRhdGlvbi9IZWxw&amp;entry_id=65" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Help" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Help';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">documentation
in the wiki</a>
<li> changed our own implementation of rtl_math_{erf,erfc} to follow the
C++11 standard's specification for input of Inf and NaN
<li> added unit tests for rtl_math_{erf,erfc,expm1,log1p}
<li> replaced implementation of rtl_math_{erf,erfc} with ::std::{erf,erfc}
<li> attended a Gerrit inline editing introduction by David Ostrovsky (yet
another time his favorite feature ;)
<li> replaced implementation of rtl_math_{expm1,log1p} with ::std::{expm1,log1p}
<li> dug with Regina into the help authoring extension to spot a place for
switching the license text written based on the difference between
existing and new file, but the convoluted agglomeration of template,
fields, Basic and XSLT and the license text being an XML comment in .xhp
didn't offer a quick and easy to spot solution, Kendy please take over ;)
</ul>
</p>
<p> But, as usual no new hacker was interested in diving into <span title="The LibreOffice Spreadsheet Application" class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">Calc</span> core code..
maybe you at one of the next Hackfests? </p>
<p> See also the <a
href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url=aHR0cHM6Ly93aWtpLmRvY3VtZW50Zm91bmRhdGlvbi5vcmcvSGFja2Zlc3QvSGFtYnVyZzIwMTUjQWNoaWV2ZW1lbnRz&amp;entry_id=65" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2015#Achievements" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2015#Achievements';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">other
achievements</a>. </p>
<p> Last but not least, the important event of ordering pizza online: </p>
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_center" style="width: 800px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><!-- s9ymdb:65 --><img class="serendipity_image_center" width="800" height="600" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/pictures/P1050563.JPG" title="The not to be underestimated event of ordering pizza online." alt="The not to be underestimated event of ordering pizza online."></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">The not to be underestimated event of ordering pizza online.</div></div>
<p> For more and better pictures see <a
href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url=aHR0cHM6Ly9wbHVzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20vMTAxMDk0MTkwMzMzMTg0ODU4OTUwL3Bvc3RzL2VoWGpLcEM2QnI5&amp;entry_id=65" title="https://plus.google.com/101094190333184858950/posts/ehXjKpC6Br9" onmouseover="window.status='https://plus.google.com/101094190333184858950/posts/ehXjKpC6Br9';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Björn
on G+</a> <p/>
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<p>
Thu, 29 Oct 2015 21:21:13 +0100https://erack.org/blog/archives/65-guid.htmlCalcHackfestHamburgHelp authoringLibreOfficeLibreOffice Hackfest at Las Palmas, Gran Canariahttps://erack.org/blog/archives/38-LibreOffice-Hackfest-at-Las-Palmas,-Gran-Canaria.html
LibreOfficehttps://erack.org/blog/archives/38-LibreOffice-Hackfest-at-Las-Palmas,-Gran-Canaria.html#commentshttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=380https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=3823@127.0.0.1 (erAck)
<p> Another retrospective..
<p>
<!-- s9ymdb:37 --><img class="serendipity_image_center" width="800" height="333" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/extimp/LibreOffice-HackFest-ULPGC-2014.jpg" title="LibreOffice-HackFest-ULPGC-2014.jpg" alt="" />
<p> On April 24 and 25 we had a <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=100&amp;entry_id=38" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/GranCanaria2014" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/GranCanaria2014';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;"><span title="The Free Office Suite, try it, love it, share it. Fantastic Project. Fun People." class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">LibreOffice</span> Hackfest at Las Palmas, Gran Canaria</a> at the <em>Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC)</em> in it's IT faculty building. Due to the geographical distance for some community members understandably a little bit less frequented than other hackfests in the past, but nevertheless of course great fun for the participants. And an even bigger opportunity to introduce LibreOffice and Free Software development to the local IT students, as the dean of the IT faculty Fran Santana was very enthusiastic about this event and helpfully provided rooms, equipment and personnel and invited interested students to attend our talks.
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_center" style="width: 797px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><!-- s9ymdb:26 --><img class="serendipity_image_center" width="797" height="563" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/extimp/lohfulpgc.png" title="LibreOffice Hackfest Las Palmas 2014 flyer" alt="LibreOffice Hackfest Las Palmas 2014 flyer" /></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Flyer with LibreOffice talks program and hackfest announcement.</div></div>
<p> On Thursday we had introductory talks with about 20-30 listeners. Not that many, but given that it was a week of exams not a bad number either, whoever took an exam on that day wasn't attending and whoever did not take an exam probably was reading for an examination instead ... in fact it was very quiet in the building.
<br /> All talks were streamed live and recorded and are <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=101&amp;entry_id=38" title="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JQqjSB2Tm4" onmouseover="window.status='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JQqjSB2Tm4';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">available on YouTube</a> as a 1h30 video. Thanks to Jorge Castellano of ULPGC.
<p> I noticed some shyness in the audience.. how can we, as a large project, bridge the gap and attract young fellow hackers who aren't that experienced and maybe didn't get in contact with a Free Software project yet? Anyhow, four students showed up during the days, all were interested in how to contribute something in Python. Apparently Python is quite popular.. so there's room for writing API unit tests, contribute to server infrastructure and some.
<p> There's a <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=102&amp;entry_id=38" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/GranCanaria2014#Achievements" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/GranCanaria2014#Achievements';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">list of achievements</a> in the wiki, but no less important is the community building process. I'd like to see more local events to spread the word and attract interested developers, especially C++ hackers of course who'd like to work on application code. The next LibreOffice Hackfest will be at <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=103&amp;entry_id=38" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Paris2014" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Paris2014';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;"><strong>Paris, on June 27-28</strong></a>.
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_center" style="width: 800px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><!-- s9ymdb:21 --><img class="serendipity_image_center" width="800" height="600" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/pictures/P1020240.JPG" title="LibreOffice Hackfest at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) 2014." alt="Concentrated hacking atmosphere." /></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Concentrated hacking atmosphere.</div></div>
<p>
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_center" style="width: 800px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><!-- s9ymdb:22 --><img class="serendipity_image_center" width="800" height="600" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/pictures/P1020272.JPG" title="LibreOffice Hackfest at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC) 2014." alt="Alberto Ruiz from Red Hat with the dean of the IT faculty at ULPGC and LibreOffice hackers." /></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Alberto Ruiz from Red Hat with Fran Santana, the dean of the IT faculty at ULPGC, and LibreOffice hackers.</div></div>
<p> A special <strong>Thank You</strong> goes to Alberto Ruiz from Red Hat, who himself studied at the very same university, and Fran Santana, the dean of the IT faculty at ULPGC, who both collaborated closely to make all this happen. Fran's dedication and commitment in hosting this hackfest made it a great success. And of course a Thank You to the city of Las Palmas for choosing and using LibreOffice, which triggered the initial idea of having a hackfest at Las Palmas and lead to a great stay. We should do this again :-)
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Thu, 05 Jun 2014 12:23:00 +0200https://erack.org/blog/archives/38-guid.htmlcommunityGran Canariahacker spacesHackfesthackingLas PalmasLibreOfficeULPGCLibreOffice Hamburg Hackfest Retrospectivehttps://erack.org/blog/archives/28-LibreOffice-Hamburg-Hackfest-Retrospective.html
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<p> So the weekend before we had the <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=71&amp;entry_id=28" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2013" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2013';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;"><span title="The Free Office Suite, try it, love it, share it. Fantastic Project. Fun People." class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">LibreOffice</span> Hackfest in Hamburg</a>, a roundup of 22-24 LibreOffice developers exchanging ideas, hacking on things, fixing bugs and having fun, Club-Mate, cola, beer, pizza, börek, bread rolls and strawberries.
<div class="serendipity_oembed_photo">
<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-BwGpOg4Xzo8/UcAai9x2DJI/AAAAAAAABuI/Nw1hi5op8xg/s720/DSC_9215.JPG" alt="" />
</div>
<p> This time we even had not only participants from different countries but also different continents, as 5 devs from the <em>King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) of Saudi Arabia</em> were present. KACST <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=81&amp;entry_id=28" title="http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2013/06/25/the-document-foundation-welcomes-a-new-member-of-the-advisory-board-king-abdulaziz-city-for-science-and-technology-kacst-of-saudi-arabia/" onmouseover="window.status='http://blog.documentfoundation.org/2013/06/25/the-document-foundation-welcomes-a-new-member-of-the-advisory-board-king-abdulaziz-city-for-science-and-technology-kacst-of-saudi-arabia/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">recently joined</a> The Document Foundation's Advisory Board and sponsors the <em>Saudi Arabian National Program for Free and Open Source Software Technologies</em>.
<p> Friday evening we started with the socializing event ...
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<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-OCbFp3AFzEM/UcAaGp0_3zI/AAAAAAAABnk/7kBG7dzTg4c/s720/DSC_9209.JPG" alt="" />
</div>
<p> ... at the <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=72&amp;entry_id=28" title="http://www.schachcafe-hamburg.de/" onmouseover="window.status='http://www.schachcafe-hamburg.de/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Schach-Café</a> (chess café)
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<img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7vBkoLA8uXw/UcAaQU7mfXI/AAAAAAAABn0/hhDIICA4la4/s720/DSC_9211.JPG" alt="" />
</div>
<p> These previous three images and the next one are embedded from <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=78&amp;entry_id=28" title="https://picasaweb.google.com/104737754628780823336/20130617_Hamburg" onmouseover="window.status='https://picasaweb.google.com/104737754628780823336/20130617_Hamburg';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Miklos' Flickr album</a>.
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<p> Saturday and Sunday then we met at the <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=74&amp;entry_id=28" title="http://attraktor.org/" onmouseover="window.status='http://attraktor.org/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Attraktor Makerspace</a> (site in German) for the actual hacking to take place.
<p> After quite a short Saturday night for a few ...
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<img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-uRncYqGFTzk/UcAanRRMtEI/AAAAAAAABoc/6ZqDg3vKbfQ/s720/DSC_9217.JPG" alt="" />
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<p> ... we ignored Sunday's sunshine and continued.
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 640px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><!-- s9ymdb:9 --><img class="serendipity_image_left" width="640" height="480" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/pictures/P1000967.JPG" title="Space and people." alt="Space and people." /></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Space and people.</div></div>
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 640px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><!-- s9ymdb:12 --><img class="serendipity_image_left" width="640" height="480" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/pictures/P1000974.JPG" title="The KACST group." alt="The KACST group." /></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">The KACST group.</div></div>
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 640px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><!-- s9ymdb:10 --><img class="serendipity_image_left" width="640" height="480" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/pictures/P1000970.JPG" title="David thinks I'd photograph him." alt="David thinks I'd photograph him." /></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">David thinks I'd photograph him.</div></div>
<div class="serendipity_imageComment_left" style="width: 640px"><div class="serendipity_imageComment_img"><!-- s9ymdb:11 --><img class="serendipity_image_left" width="640" height="480" src="https://erack.org/blog/uploads/pictures/P1000972.JPG" title="Yes, that is a working Star Trek pinball machine!" alt="Yes, that is a working Star Trek pinball machine!" /></div><div class="serendipity_imageComment_txt">Yes, that is a working Star Trek pinball machine!</div></div>
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<p> The overall achievements are captured on the <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=79&amp;entry_id=28" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2013#Achievements" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2013#Achievements';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Hackfest's wiki page</a>, in summary among others we
<ul>
<li> fixed at least 8 bugs
<li> implemented 2-3 features
<li> made the French Bug Submission Assistant (BSA) go ready for production
<li> worked on Java unit test to Python migration
<li> bootstrapped two new tinderboxes for Windows builds
<li> did lots of small things
<li> last but not least, socialized with known and new people
</ul>
<p> You missed it? Or want to join (again)? The next opportunities will be
<ul>
<li> the <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=76&amp;entry_id=28" title="http://conference.libreoffice.org/" onmouseover="window.status='http://conference.libreoffice.org/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">LibreOffice Conference at Milano</a> from 2013-09-24 to 2013-09-27
<li> the <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=77&amp;entry_id=28" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Freiburg2013" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Freiburg2013';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">LibreOffice Hackfest Freiburg</a> from 2013-11-01 to 2013-11-03
</ul>
<p> See you then, and <strong>Happy Hacking on LibreOffice!</strong>
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Thu, 27 Jun 2013 15:41:28 +0200https://erack.org/blog/archives/28-guid.htmlAttraktorHackfestHamburgLibreOfficeLibreOffice Hamburg Hackfest 2012https://erack.org/blog/archives/17-LibreOffice-Hamburg-Hackfest-2012.html
HamburgLibreOfficehttps://erack.org/blog/archives/17-LibreOffice-Hamburg-Hackfest-2012.html#commentshttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=170https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=1723@127.0.0.1 (erAck)
Thorsten already <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=45&amp;entry_id=17" title="http://blog.thebehrens.net/2012/04/16/libreoffice-hamburg-hackfest-2012/" onmouseover="window.status='http://blog.thebehrens.net/2012/04/16/libreoffice-hamburg-hackfest-2012/';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">summarized it very well</a> and even <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=47&amp;entry_id=17" title="http://sweetshark.livejournal.com/10514.html" onmouseover="window.status='http://sweetshark.livejournal.com/10514.html';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;">Björn survived it</a>, the <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=46&amp;entry_id=17" title="https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2012" onmouseover="window.status='https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2012';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;"><span title="The Free Office Suite, try it, love it, share it. Fantastic Project. Fun People." class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">LibreOffice</span> Hamburg Hackfest 2012</a> was a great success, 25-30 participants hacking, building, exchanging ideas, having fun, too little sleep and Italo's pasta.<br />
<br />
So let me just add that with the help of <em>moggi</em> I learned how to add a new file type's (here CSV) filter test to <span title="The LibreOffice Spreadsheet Application" class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">Calc</span>'s unit tests in order to prevent regressions in the CSV import filter that I lately changed to some extent and finished polishing at the Hackfest.<br />
<br />
Many thanks to co-organizers Thorsten and Björn and of course all who joined and participated and made the Hackfest such a great event. We'll definitely have to do this again.<br />
<br />
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Mon, 16 Apr 2012 22:19:33 +0200https://erack.org/blog/archives/17-guid.htmlHackfestHamburglibohackfestLibreOfficeGoing to LibreOffice Hamburg Hackfesthttps://erack.org/blog/archives/16-Going-to-LibreOffice-Hamburg-Hackfest.html
HamburgLibreOfficehttps://erack.org/blog/archives/16-Going-to-LibreOffice-Hamburg-Hackfest.html#commentshttps://erack.org/blog/wfwcomment.php?cid=160https://erack.org/blog/rss.php?version=2.0&type=comments&cid=1623@127.0.0.1 (erAck)
<div><a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=44&amp;entry_id=16" title="http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2012" onmouseover="window.status='http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2012';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;"><img src="http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/images/8/8e/HHHackfest.png" alt="HHHackfest2012"></a></div>
<p> I'm going to the <a href="https://erack.org/blog/exit.php?url_id=44&amp;entry_id=16" title="http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2012" onmouseover="window.status='http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Hackfest/Hamburg2012';return true;" onmouseout="window.status='';return true;"><span title="The Free Office Suite, try it, love it, share it. Fantastic Project. Fun People." class="serendipity_glossaryMarkup">LibreOffice</span> Hamburg Hackfest</a> on April 14/15, what about you?
<p> Meet the guys and gals and hack away your favorite itch.
<p>
Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:06:00 +0200https://erack.org/blog/archives/16-guid.htmlHackfestHamburgLibreOffice